Bolivia-led alliance warns UK against Ecuador embassy breach

Police officers talk outside the Ecuadorian embassy in London on August 18, 2012.

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We warn the government of the United Kingdom that it will face grave consequences around the world if it directly breaches the territorial integrity of the embassy of the Republic of Ecuador in London."
Statement by the Bolivian Alliance for the People of Our America (ALBA)

Bolivian Alliance for the People of Our America (ALBA) has warned Britain about “grave consequences” of a potential breach of the diplomatic security of the Ecuadorian embassy in London.
"We warn the government of the United Kingdom that it will face grave consequences around the world if it directly breaches the territorial integrity of the embassy of the Republic of Ecuador in London," the ALBA said in a statement on Saturday.
The alliance issued the warning in reaction to Britain’s threats to storm the Ecuadorian embassy to capture WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange, who was granted asylum by the Ecuadorian government on Thursday.
Comprised of Venezuela, Bolivia, Cuba, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and a number of smaller Caribbean nations, the alliance threw their weight behind “Ecuador’s sovereign right” to grant asylum to Assange, urging other world nations to reject "Britain's attempts to impose its will by force."
On Wednesday, Ecuador said Britain had informed Quito that it was ready to arrest Assange to extradite him to Sweden where he is wanted for questioning over sexual assault charges.
British Foreign Secretary William Hague also said on Thursday that London was “determined to carry out our legal obligation” under its own laws to extradite the Australian national to Sweden.
Assange took refuge in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London on June 19 after the Supreme Court rejected his appeal against extradition to Sweden.
The British police forces were deployed outside the embassy after the founder of the whistleblower website was granted asylum in order to prevent him from leaving the country and travelling to Ecuador.
Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa said that Assange will stay at the embassy in London as long as Britain refuses to grant him safe passage out of the country.
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